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Winter Tarp Camping

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Date/Time: 05/01/2024 10:33AM

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Winter Tarp Camping

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tonyyarusso	12/04/2014 06:45PM quote SteveElms73: "Does anyone have any experience sleeping under a tarp in the winter?" You bet - in a hammock! Clearly the way to go with a tarp. :)
jwartman59	12/04/2014 03:18PM photo of too lazy to do it right, the bivy sack makes this setup, or lack of setup, acceptable. i love being able to see the stars at night, if it were to snow i would have just pulled something over the top of the bivy, a jacket probably.
wvevans	12/04/2014 01:14PM quote Bearpaulsen: " I usually tarp camp a week every winter. Solo hiked the Border Route for 4 days before Turkey Day. If my picture upload worked it's a shot of a 6 day trip to Curtain Falls last February with my girlfriend. What I like to do is: 10x12 CCS Tarp with a bivy sack. Tarp is large enough to prevent nearly all spindrift if rigged well. Bivy helps with the last bit of snow as well as convective loss due to wind. " Thanks allot for the Pic bearpaulsen. I like your set up. This will give me a great reference for my next cold camp trip.
SteveElms73	12/04/2014 11:16AM Good point re the tarp colour. I own three or four tarps and all but one are bright colours. I find I gravitate to the neutral coloured tarp as I much prefer the "stealth" of a tarp that blends into its environment
Doughboy12	12/04/2014 10:58AM quote Bearpaulsen: " " Looks like someone is sleeping in....lol
Doughboy12	12/04/2014 10:58AM ...and now you know what color tarp to get from Dan!!!
awbrown	12/04/2014 10:43AM quote Bearpaulsen: " I usually tarp camp a week every winter. Solo hiked the Border Route for 4 days before Turkey Day. If my picture upload worked it's a shot of a 6 day trip to Curtain Falls last February with my girlfriend. What I like to do is: 10x12 CCS Tarp with a bivy sack. Tarp is large enough to prevent nearly all spindrift if rigged well. Bivy helps with the last bit of snow as well as convective loss due to wind. " I am not worthy, oh great Master.......Bear knoweth of what he speaketh!.....LOL
SteveElms73	12/04/2014 09:37AM I like that set up..looks roomy but still looks well protected
Bearpaulsen	12/04/2014 08:30AM I usually tarp camp a week every winter. Solo hiked the Border Route for 4 days before Turkey Day. If my picture upload worked it's a shot of a 6 day trip to Curtain Falls last February with my girlfriend. What I like to do is: 10x12 CCS Tarp with a bivy sack. Tarp is large enough to prevent nearly all spindrift if rigged well. Bivy helps with the last bit of snow as well as convective loss due to wind.
SteveElms73	12/01/2014 12:48PM Lol even getting away 10-15 feet softens the sound a bit. I've worn earplugs in the past but I always love listening to the sounds of the forest when I sleep...
Doughboy12	12/01/2014 12:44PM The only time I did it I went with a "half wrap" method. Tarp was both ground cloth and roof... like a big "C" sort of. Not sure the tent is going to block much of the "sounds of the night" though...Hmmm.
SevenofNine	12/01/2014 11:10AM I have done it a few times. The biggest issue is getting a proper rig to block wind and snow. One time I had a hill on one side blocking the wind but I still had small flakes of snow coming in from the open end. No big deal as it was cold enough the snow never melted.
SteveElms73	12/01/2014 09:48AM Does anyone have any experience sleeping under a tarp in the winter? I've done tons of winter camping however I've only spent one night under a tarp. It worked pretty well but I'm just wondering if anyone else cares to share their experience or pics of their set ups? Here's mine: I'm heading up for a 3 nighter to Algonquin Park with my dad in a few weeks. I have a hot tent that I normally sleep in but my dad snores like a beast so I can't sleep in the tent with him. I figure I'll relax in the hot tent until Im ready to hit the sack and then retire to my tarp! I figure I'll stay hunkered down in my bag in the morning until I hear the wood stove going in the hot tent ;)